Car-derailing device.



G. W. REINOEHL & W. M. HENDERSON. 11, B. REINOBHL, ADMINISTRATBIX or o.w. 3311103111,. 11301).

GAR DERAILING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 11011.15, 1909.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT FFTC.

CHARLES W. REINOEHL AND WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, OF STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA;HELEN B. REINOEHL, OF STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAIDCHARLES W. REINOEHL, DECEASED.

CAR-DERAILING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that we, CHARLES 1V. REI- NOEHL and TILLIAM M. HENDERSON,citizens of the United States, residing at Steelton, in the county ofDauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in .Car-Derailing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of car derailing devices forrailroad rails wherein are employed a support, a derailing memberthereonand movable toward and from the adjacent rail, and a springtending to move the derailing member into operative relation to therail.

The object of the invention is to provide, in a car-derailing device ofthis character, a novel, simple and efficient mounting for the springhaving provision whereby the spring may be adjusted to vary its pressureagainst the derailing member to meet varying requirements. v

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railroad railshowing our improved car-derailing device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is avertical section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section online 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail, enlarged, of the spring-adjustingmeans and adjuncts shown at the right hand of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asection on line 55 of Fig. 4.

4 designates a portion of a railroad rail of well known form, includingthe head or tread portion 6; and 7 designates our improved car-derailingdevice which is applied to the rail 4, and is of the followingconstruction.

Arranged adjacent the rail 4 is a hollow support 8, comprising sidewalls 9, 9, a rear wall 10, and a top or cover 11. The support 8 isprovided with lateral extensions 12 hav' ing spike holes 13 therein bymeans of which the support may be secured to the usual underlyingcross-ties (not shown), which support the rail, to hold said support inproper relation to the rail.

Extending outwardly from the top of the side walls 9, 9 are flanges 14forming horizontal guideways, to which are fitted the downwardly andinwardly projecting flanges 15 of a carriage 16 resting upon the support8, in a manner to permit said carriage to be moved toward and from therail 4.

Formed on the carriage 16 is a car derailing member 17 comprising afloor portion 17 b adapted. to occupy a position on the rail head 6 anda flange 17 extending from a point beyond the inner side of the railhead 6 to and over the rail head 6 and over the floor portion 17 to theouter side of the rail head, whereby car wheels may be derailed byrolling upon the floor portion 17 b and engaging the flange 17 Thederai-ling member 17 is adapted to occupy the operative position shownin the drawings, wherein said member extends over the head 6 of the railin a manner to insure the derailment of a car approaching .in thedirection of the arrow in Fig. 1; and the carriage 15 is adapted to bemoved on its horizontal guideways 14 to move the derailing member 17away from the rail 4 to an inoperative position and back again to theoperative position shown.

The derailing member 17 is moved to the operative position shown andheld therein by the following means. The top 11 of the support 8 isprovided with an opening therein covered by the carriage 16, andextending downwardly through said opening is a Springengaging part orlug 18 formed on the under side of the carriage 16 adjacent the rail 4and arranged opposite the rear Wall 10 of the support 8. Extendingfreely through an opening in the lug 18 is one end of a rod 24, theother end of which is connected to a spring-engaging member 19. Themember 19 comprises a head 20 arranged within the support 8 and having ascrew-threaded shank 21 screwed into an opening in the rear wall 10 ofthe support and provided -at its outer end with a square head 22 bymeans of which it may be turned to adjust the member 19 toward and fromthe spring-engaging lug 18. A lock-nut 23 is screwed on to the shank 21against the outer face of the wall 10 to lock the springengaging member19 to the wall 10 in the desired position of adjustment. Encircling therod 24 is a spring 26. One end of this spring extends around and issupported by an extension 27 projecting inwardly from the head 20 of themember 19; and the other end of the spring encircles and is suping partand said spring-engaging member ported by an extenslon 28 pro ectmg fromand torcing said carnage toward said rail.

the face of the lug 18 opposite the rear wall 10. The purpose of the rod24 is to prevent accidental displacement of the spring 26 from properrelation to the other parts of the device.

the movable carriage 16 and therewith the derailing member 17 toward therail 4 and holds the derailing member normally in the operative positionshown in the drawings, from which it may be moved to an inoperativeposition away from the rail and against the action of the spring 26. henit is de sired to vary the pressure of the spring 26, the nut 23 may beunscrewed from engagement with the wall 10, and a suitable tool appliedto the square head 22 of the member 19 to turn .the shank 21 to adjustiteither toward the lug 18 to increase the pressure of the spring, or awayfrom the lug 18 to decrease the pressure of the spring. After the member19 has been adjusted to provide the required pressure .of the spring'26, the locknnt i23 may be tightened against :the wall 10 to lock themember 19 in place. The mowement of the derailing member 19 out of theoperative position against the action of the spring 18 is usuallyeffected by the operation of a rod 29 extending through an opening inthe lug "1'8 and provided with a collar 30 adapted to engage the lug 18.

e claim 1. The combination of a rail, a support adjacent the rail. acarriage fitted to said support and movable thereon toward and away fromthe rail, said carriage being provided with a derailing member movabletherewith into and out .of opera-tine relation to said rail. and saidcarriage being also provided with a spring-engaging part having anopening therein, a spring-engaging member provided with means foradjustab'l-y engaging it with said support. a rod having one end securedto said spring-engaging member and the other end extended into saidopening, and a spring encircling said rod and acting upon saidspring-engag- In the construction just described it will thus be seenthat the action. of the spring 26 against the part 18 forces.

2- The com inat on of ra l, a support adjacent the ai a car iage fi t das said supportand movable th eon towa d and away from the rail, saidcarriage being provided with a derailing member movable therewith intoand out of operative relation to said rail, said carriage being also provided with a spring engaging part having an opening t'hereinyand saidsupport having a screw-threaded opening therein alined with the openingin said part, a screw screwed into and through said screw-threadedopening and having a spring engaging head on the inner .end thereof,anod having one end secured to said head and the other end extended intothe opening in said part, and a spring encircling said rod and acting onsaid pant and said head and torcing said carriage toward said rail.

3. The combination of a rail, a support adjacent the rail, a carriagefitted to said support and movable {thereon toward and away from therail, said .earriage being pro vided with a derailing member movabletherewith into and out of operative aeiation to said Bail, said carriagebeing also provided with a spring engaging part having an openingtherein, and said snppont having a screw-:threacled opening thereinalined with the opening in said part, a screw screwed into and throughsaid screw-threaded opening and having a spring engaging head on theinner end thereof, said head having anraxial opening therein, a rodhaving one end slidably fitted to the opening in said part and the otherend extended into the opening in Said head, .a transverse pin extendingthrough said head and said rod and securing them together, and a springencircling said rod and acting on said part and said head and forcingsaid carriage toward said ail.

In testimony whereof we affix our sign-atnres in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. BEINOEHL. VILLIAM M. HENDERSON. iztn esses ZWM. HARRISONSMITH, E. M. enn.

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- "Washington. '1). i6."

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 987 ,401, grantedMarch 21, 1911, upon the application of Charles W. Reinoehl and WilliamM. Henderson, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, for an improvement inGar-Derailing Devices, an error appears requiring correction as follows:In the grant and in the heading to the printed specification Helen B.Reinoehl is erroneously described as Administratrix of said Charles W.Reinoehl, deceased, Whereas she should have been described as Ewecw trimof said Reinoehl; and that the said Letters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that the same may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 18th day of June, A. D. 1911.

[SEAL] o. o. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissionerof Patents.

